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QUEEN PAGEANT
Thursday, May
7, 7:00 p.m., Palace
Theatre
Tickets
available: 330.458.2048
The queen and court
serve as goodwill ambassadors and role
models for youngsters in the community
while volunteering their time for many
civic organizations, and also as escorts
in welcoming the current Class of
Enshrinees to Canton, Ohio.
BALLOON CLASSIC
INVITATIONAL/JACKSON-BELDEN FOOD FEST &
FIREWORKS
Friday, July 31, 4:00 – 11:30
p.m. | Saturday, August 1, 6:00 a.m. and
4:00 – 11:30 p.m. | Sunday, August 2,
6:00 a.m., Kent State University Stark
Campus
Free Event
More
than 70 giant hot air balloons take
flight to the delight of approximately
130,000 spectators who can also enjoy
dozens of food vendors, live music,
children’s activities, an illuminating
Balloon Night Glow, and spectacular
fireworks display.
5-MILE AND 2-MILE RACES
Sunday,
August 2, 8:00 a.m.,
Pro Football Hall
of Fame
More than
1,600 people of all ages walk or run,
with participants crossing the finish
line in front of the Pro Football Hall
of Fame Museum. Costumed characters
accompany children six and under as they
race to the finish in the 400-meter free
Kids Fun Run, where everyone is a
winner!
COMMUNITY PARADE
Sunday, August 2, 2:30 p.m.
Downtown Canton
Free
Event
A wide
array of community youth groups,
marching bands, antique vehicles,
specialty units and a giant helium
balloon participate in this true
community parade held in the heart of
the revitalized downtown.
DRUM
CORPS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Monday, August 3, 6:30 p.m.,
Paul Brown Tiger Stadium
Tickets available: 330.458.2048
Drum Corps fans can enjoy the pageantry
of top best corps in America at the peak of their performance
just one week before the world
champions.
NATIONAL RIBS BURNOFF
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, August
5 - 7, 11:00 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.
daily,
Stark County Fairgrounds
Free Event:
evening concert tickets 330.458.2088
More than
135,000 people enjoy ribs from local and
national vendors, plus a variety of
specialty foods, and concerts each
evening by national recording artists.
Families can also enjoy interactive
inflatables in the Fantasy Football
Zone, a master sand sculptor, face
painting, and many other fun activities.
FIRST PLAY 2008
Thursday,
August 6, 10:00 a.m.,
Downtown
Canton
Free Event: For more information, please email
EducationalPrograms@Profootballhof.com
Nearly 2,000 enthusiastic youngsters
take part in this ceremonial “kickoff”
to a weekend of football. An official
NFL football is passed through the
3-mile child link chain from the site in
downtown Canton where the NFL was
founded in 1920 to the front steps of
the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
FASHION SHOW
LUNCHEON
Friday, August
7, 12:00 p.m.,
Memorial
Civic Center and Cultural Center
Tickets available: 330.458.2048
This fabulous luncheon and runway show
is arguably the largest and finest
fashion show in Ohio! State-of-the-art
sound, lighting, and video combine to
showcase 35 professional models
featuring the season’s hottest male and
female fashions in a high energy
production.
ENSHRINEES DINNER
Friday, August 7, 6:30 p.m.,
Memorial Civic Center and Cultural
Center
Limited tickets available: 330.458.2048
Nearly
4,000 guests enjoy a cocktail party and
fabulous dinner followed by an exciting
program featuring returning Hall of
Famers, NFL team owners, and sports
celebrities, all joining to honor the
incoming Class of Enshriness as they
receive their Hall of Fame/NFL Alumni
gold jackets.
TIMKEN GRAND PARADE
Saturday, August 8, 8:00 a.m.,
Downtown Canton
Reserved chair or bleacher seats
available: 330.458.2048
This
nationally televised event showcases the
current Class of Enshrinees and a large
contingent of returning Hall of Famers,
along with giant helium balloons,
fabulous floats, marching bands, antique
vehicles, and specialty units – all
enjoyed by nearly 200,000 spectators
along the 2.2-mile route.
CLASS OF 2009
ENSHRINEMENT
Saturday, August 8, 6:00 p.m.,
Fawcett Stadium
The center
of the entire celebration is the
emotional enshrinement ceremony where
the newest members of the Pro Football
Hall of Fame – Fred Dean, Darrell Green,
Art Monk, Emmitt Thomas, Andre Tippett,
and Gary Zimmerman - take their rightful
place among football’s greatest players,
coaches, and contributors enshrined in
the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
CONCERT
AND FIREWORKS
Saturday, August 8, 6:00
p.m.,
Downtown
Canton
Free Event
Food, fun and fireworks can all be found
in downtown Canton during this family
event beginning with a rousing military
band concert, face painting for the
kids, and delectable treats, and
concluding with an extraordinary
fireworks display choreographed to
music.
ENSHRINEES GAMEDAY ROUNDTABLE
Sunday, August 9, 12:30
p.m.,
Memorial
Civic Center and Cultural Center
Tickets available (330.458.2048)
An enthusiastic crowd of 3,500 football
fans enjoy lunch, followed by a center
stage roundtable presentation featuring
the newly inducted Class of Enshrinees.
It’s an unscripted,
up-close-and-personal format where the
Enshrinees share stories and memories of
their careers.
HALL OF
FAME GAME
Sunday, August 9, 8:00 p.m.,
Hall of Fame Field at
Fawcett Stadium
The kick off the 2009 NFL preseason
from Fawcett Stadium, adjacent to the
Pro Football Hall of Fame, in front of a
capacity crowd.
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